I stumbled across this great example of user-generated advertising. It’s a grassroots movement to get Nike to make the futuristic-looking sneakers in Back to the Future Part II. What a brilliant idea! You can join here, and it even has a thriving MySpace presence.
Amelia here discusses several brands out-sourcing their advertising (is this just lazy?) but more importantly points to user-generated spoofs that seem to be piling up on YouTube - these are led by the consumers themselves. Personally, I think there’s something really exciting about consumers championing brands themselves, but particularly when brands haven’t told them to do it. Just like this MyFly 2015 project. These campaigns and spoofs tend to be a lot more creative and funnier than bland brand incentivised ads. Brands are increasingly becoming obsessed with consumers generating their advertising for them, as if this is the answer to all their problems.
And so while I’m on the subject of user-generated content, and Back to the Future, here’s a quality spoof: Back to the Future meets Broke Back Mountain. Can’t resist a good spoof…
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I think Nike’s are going to the retro look now for the more casual crowd. Their athletic line is ugly, but I like the retro looking ones.